Senior Scrum Master

Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Senior Scrum Master position! This is a 12-18 months contract and will be hybrid in Buffalo NY. This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services. No C2C or subcontracting arrangements will be considered.

What Youll Be Doing:

Lead and mentor three agile teams simultaneously (two Scrum teams and one Kanban team) through servant-leadership fostering self-organization cross-functionality and continuous improvement across consumer lending and loan originations initiatives

Support and guide a developing Product Owner by providing strategic direction coaching on agile best practices and ensuring effective backlog management and stakeholder communication

Facilitate all team ceremonies including sprint planning daily stand-ups backlog refinement sprint reviews and retrospectives to drive alignment transparency and high-performing team dynamics

Drive continuous improvement culture by leveraging agile practices such as user stories story mapping ATDD TDD pairing and information radiators to help teams discover better ways of working

Remove impediments and address blocking issues that extend beyond the teams authority coordinating with other teams and stakeholders to keep work flowing and teams focused on their sprint goals

Visualize and communicate team progress through effective use of information radiators ensuring transparency and visibility of work and impediments to all stakeholders

Collaborate with other Agile Leaders across the organization to increase the effectiveness of agile adoption and mentor less experienced Scrum Masters

Utilize technical understanding to engage meaningfully with team members ask informed questions and drive technical discussions forward

What Youll Need to Have:

2 years of Scrum Master experience working with multiple agile teams concurrently demonstrating ability to balance competing priorities and team needs

4 years of experience as a member of an agile team with hands-on knowledge of Scrum Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP) frameworks

Technical fluency sufficient to engage in development conversations and drive work forward with engineering teams (prior BA or technical role experience strongly preferred)

Proven ability to lead through influence in a servant-leadership capacity coaching teams and stakeholders without direct management authority

Strong facilitation and communication skills with demonstrated ability to support developing Product Owners and keep projects moving through effective coordination

Deep understanding of agile and lean principles with practical experience applying practices like retrospectives ATDD TDD continuous integration and story mapping

Experience fostering team self-organization and building cultures of continuous improvement through transparency collaboration and psychological safety

Pay Range: $60-65/hr

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